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Histories &
Mysteries
Judy and John Tole
evrgreen l@ea rth I i n k. net
details)? Like pretty much every similar prospectus you are ever likely to see the chance of a lifetime is there, waiting to be plucked, Eve-like, from the figurative Rappahannock tree. But sorry about this one Clyde, you missed the opportunity by 80 years; the auction was to be held June 19, 1926!
That date is fascinating. The U.S. Congress passed a resolution on February 24, 1924 to establish a Southern Appalachian National Park Committee (SA.N.P.C). Coincidentally (?) on February 25, a regional commercial association, Shenandoah Valley, Inc., held its first board meeting and called for creation of a national park in the Shenandoah Valley. A year later, initial funding was approved by Congress to explore the possibility of creating the Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks. In July of 1925 the Shenandoah National Park Association, Inc. was formed to collect land and money contributions toward establishing the Shenandoah Park. By April of 1926, about $1.2 million had been raised and in late May President Coolidge signed a bill authorizing creation of the park.
Money, lots of money was seemingly to be made, and in short order, or so some folks thought. Thus, the Tittle’ auction hawked in the above advertisement came pretty quick on the heels of the park creation legislation (like less than a month). There was obviously
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